Labour & Co-operative Party Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow.
Glasgow
Joined October 2009
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Every 6 hours in Scotland, someone dies of a preventable drug related death. We have the worst drug death rate in Europe & without action it will only get worse.
That's why I have launched my Bill consultation in @ScotParl to establish Overdose Prevention Centres.
Watch 👇👇
Paul Sweeney MSP retweeted
Kaboom. That’s the starting point. In a maritime century, security starts with a realisation that the sea enables economies and societies to remain open and stable.
That’s why it’s the space one cannot concede. Powerful and to the point.
This week @HMSPWLS is in Oslo to host Atlantic Future Forum 2026.
Opening the Forum this morning, I set out why the UK-Norway relationship is so important for our collective security.
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Paul Sweeney MSP retweeted
Sir John James Burnet's 1906 warehouse for William McGeoch & Co once stood at the corner on West Campbell and Cadogan Streets. In his design, Burnet was influenced by Louis Henry Sullivan, the American architect who is often cited as being 'the father of skyscrapers'.
📷 RCAHMS
Paul Sweeney MSP retweeted
Weeks before Christmas, Glasgow’s SNP leader still won’t rule out fire and rehire for council workers.
Ricky Bell should drop the threat and press his own party in Edinburgh for the funding Glasgow needs.
dailyrecord.co.uk/news/polit…
Paul Sweeney MSP retweeted
The NWF gets that money back.
And the electricity price you call “high”, is far cheaper than natural gas.
Clean power is cheaper power.
RWE & KKR mega wind project needs extra £1bn from UK taxpayer to make project work
Already demanded 20 year inflation linked contract at high electricity price
A Reform Govt will end this Net Zero rip off against taxpayers
Caveat Emptor RWE and KKR
rwe.com/en/press/rwe-ag/2026…
Paul Sweeney MSP retweeted
Great to meet the team from @ScotVetRes while they were in Parliament last week and hear more about the invaluable support they provide to veterans at their locations in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dundee.
Paul Sweeney MSP retweeted
It was a privilege to volunteer with Sonia from @poppyscotland this week.
As we mark 100 years of the poppy in Scotland, I'm grateful to the dedicated volunteers raising funds to support veterans and their families across the country.
If you want to support the amazing work of Poppy Scotland, pick up a poppy, donate, or get involved as a volunteer👇
poppyscotland.org.uk/get-inv…
Great to meet the team from @ScotVetRes while they were in Parliament last week and hear more about the invaluable support they provide to veterans at their locations in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dundee.
Paul Sweeney MSP retweeted
Having to witness the burned-out shell of such an Internationally important cultural building for nearly a decade is depressing for the population & sends a strong message that nothing really matters anymore, so why bother caring for anything, or trying to make any new culture.
Paul Sweeney MSP retweeted
On Sauchiehall st, Glasgow the other day, I passed by the O2 ABC (awaiting demolition), the art school (burned down twice) and the CCA (shut down) and I realised that - through neglect & factional fighting - the cultural life many of us lived in the city centre is gone.
It was a privilege to volunteer with Sonia from @poppyscotland this week.
As we mark 100 years of the poppy in Scotland, I'm grateful to the dedicated volunteers raising funds to support veterans and their families across the country.
If you want to support the amazing work of Poppy Scotland, pick up a poppy, donate, or get involved as a volunteer👇
poppyscotland.org.uk/get-inv…
Paul Sweeney MSP retweeted
Landmark speech by Michael Marra MSP, the new Scottish Labour leader putting the case for Europe. Full text here on @LabourList and do follow @michaeljmarra labourlist.org/2026/09/newly…
Paul Sweeney MSP retweeted
Fantastic to have @GetGlesgaMoving and @BetterBusesSPT in Parliament last week to mark recent bus franchising successes after 10 years of hard work 🚌
Paul Sweeney MSP retweeted
Britain throws weight behind idea for new subsea data link to Norway
UK govt endorses proposal for direct high-speed link between Shetland and Norway to bolster resilience, as hostile powers increasingly threaten critical national infrastructure
VodafoneThree is spearheading feasibility study into plan, as UK defence secretary Wes Streeting warns of importance of diversifying subsea data cable networks
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Paul Sweeney MSP retweeted
Would New Yorkers and the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation allow the architect's masterpiece -The Guggenheim museum - to sit as a burned-out ruin for 8 years after a fire?
No, but that's what's happened to the Mackintosh Building of the Glasgow School of Art.
What's the connection? Frank Lloyd Wright was a huge admirer of Charles Rennie Mackintosh and studied his work.
Architects around the world held the Mackintosh building in such high regard that it was compared to the greatest works of Lloyd Wright.
The burned out shell of the building has been haunting the city centre for eight years now. No city or nation with any cultural integrity would let their greatest work of architecture lie in ruins for so long, demoralising everyone who witnesses it.
Just picture the Guggenheim lying in charred ruins for eight whole years.
Paul Sweeney MSP retweeted
It is disappointing that the applications for the redevelopment of Hillhead Baptist Church will not be called-in.
Despite working closely with @SAVEtoReuse and the @scotcivictrust, this decision will not be revisited.
Cases like this demonstrate why we need stronger legislation to protect our listed buildings.
Paul Sweeney MSP retweeted
Here's what Andrew missed out:
1) Nuclear generated 14% of power (cheeky to cut that off).
2) More gas meant it cost £500 MWh to generate power at that point – 4x more expensive than usual!
We’re making nuclear easier to build. We’re getting off super expensive natural gas.
Paul Sweeney MSP retweeted
Today I laid out my case for why the UK should rejoin the EU.
We are stronger as part of the United Kingdom, and we would be stronger still as part of a Europe working together.
Paul Sweeney MSP retweeted
Another part of Glasgow’s built heritage to be demolished. Perhaps it is no longer saveable (although that is disputed) but that it was allowed to get into that state is a disgrace. Still, at least a few ppl get to buy a new nouveau riche ‘Executive Home’ with the profit.
It is disappointing that the applications for the redevelopment of Hillhead Baptist Church will not be called-in.
Despite working closely with @SAVEtoReuse and the @scotcivictrust, this decision will not be revisited.
Cases like this demonstrate why we need stronger legislation to protect our listed buildings.
It is disappointing that the applications for the redevelopment of Hillhead Baptist Church will not be called-in.
Despite working closely with @SAVEtoReuse and the @scotcivictrust, this decision will not be revisited.
Cases like this demonstrate why we need stronger legislation to protect our listed buildings.
Fantastic to have @GetGlesgaMoving and @BetterBusesSPT in Parliament last week to mark recent bus franchising successes after 10 years of hard work 🚌